Griffon Corp.

Mr. Ronald J. Kramer (50) has been our Chief Executive Officer since April 2008, a director since 1993 and Vice Chairman of the Board since November 2003. From 2002 through March 2008, Mr. Kramer served as President and as a director of Wynn Resorts, Ltd., a developer, owner and operator of hotel and casino resorts. From 1999 to 2001, he was a Managing Director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, an investment banking firm, and at its predecessor Wasserstein Perella & Co. Mr. Kramer is also a member of the Board of Directors of Monster Worldwide, Inc., a global provider of career solutions, and Sapphire Industrials Corp., a blank check company. Mr. Kramer is the son-in-law of Mr. Harvey R. Blau, our Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Patrick L. Alesia has been our Treasurer since April 1979, our Vice President since May 1990, our Secretary since February 2005 and our Chief Financial Officer since November 2007.

Mr. Franklin H. Smith was elected our Executive Vice President in November 2007. Mr. Smith has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Clopay Corporation, our wholly-owned subsidiary, since 1998.

Mr. Harvey R. Blau (73) has been Chairman of the Board since 1983 and was our Chief Executive Officer from 1983 through April 2008. Mr. Blau was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Aeroflex Incorporated, a diversified manufacturer of electronic components and test equipment, for more than five years through August 2007 when such company was sold.

Mr. Blaine V. Fogg (68) has been a director since May 2005. Mr. Fogg is a corporate and securities lawyer concentrating in mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions. From 1972 to 2004, Mr. Fogg was a partner at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Since 2004, Mr. Fogg is Of Counsel to the law firm.

Mr. Bradley J. Gross (35) has been a director since September 2008. Mr. Gross is a Managing Director in the Principal Investment Area of Goldman, Sachs & Co., a position he has held since 2007. From 2003 to 2007, he was a vice president at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Gross also serves on the board of directors of MoneyGram International, Inc., a global payment services company, Aeroflex, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of highly specialized test and measurement equipment and microelectronic solutions, Capmark Financial Group Inc., a diversified holding company that provides financial services to investors in commercial real estate-related assets, and various other private companies in which Goldman, Sachs & Co. is an investor.

Rear Admiral Clarence A. Hill, Jr. (USN Ret.) (88) has been a director since 1982. Rear Admiral Hill was an officer in the United States Navy for more than thirty-five years prior to his retirement in 1973. Since retirement, Rear Admiral Hill has been acting as an independent consultant with respect to the utilization of advanced concepts of system modeling and manpower survey techniques. For more than the past five years, Rear Admiral Hill has served in various executive positions, including as Vice President and Treasurer of the Naval Aviation Foundation which supports Naval Aviation plans and programs. In 2005, Rear Admiral Hill became President of the Naval Aviation Foundation.

General Donald J. Kutyna (USAF Ret.) (75) has been a director since August 2005. He was an officer in the United States Air Force for over thirty-five years prior to his retirement in 1992. General Kutyna had been commander in chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, commander in chief of the U.S. Space Command and commander of the U.S. Air Force Space Command. During his tenure in the U.S. Air Force, General Kutyna served as Chairperson of the Accident Analysis Panel of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident. General Kutyna was Vice President, Space Technology, of Loral Space & Communications Ltd., a leading satellite communications company, from 1993 to 1996, and again from 1999 to 2004. He also served as Vice President, Advanced Space Systems, for Lockheed Martin Corporation, a company principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services, from 1996 to 1999. From September 2004 through 2008, General Kutyna has served as a part-time consultant to Loral Space & Communications Ltd.

Mr. Henry A. Alpert (61) has been a director since 1995. Mr. Alpert has been President of Spartan Petroleum Corp., a real estate investment firm and a distributor of petroleum products, for more than the past five years. Mr. Alpert is also a director of Boyar Value Fund, a mutual fund.

Mr. Joseph J. Whalen (77) has been a director since 1999. Mr. Whalen graduated from St. Peter's College, is a CPA and was a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP for more than five years prior to his retirement in 1994.

Mr. Martin S. Sussman (71) has been a director since 1989. He has been a practicing attorney in the State of New York since 1961, and has been a member of the law firm of Seltzer, Sussman Habermann Heitner & Bayroff LLP (formerly Seltzer, Sussman & Habermann LLP) for more than the past five years.

Rear Admiral Robert G. Harrison (USN Ret.) (72) has been a director since February 2004. He was an officer in the United States Navy for more than thirty-five years prior to his retirement in 1994. Since retirement, Rear Admiral Harrison has been a consultant for various defense systems companies in the areas of acquisition, support and program management. Rear Admiral Harrison is also a director for Indra Systems, a company engaged in the manufacture and support of training and simulation systems and automatic test equipment.

Mr. William H. Waldorf (70) has been a director since 1963. He has been President of Landmark Capital, LLC, an investment firm, for more than the past five years.